CHAPTER III 

 TOBACCO AND PURE AIR 



When I was a child one of the most interesting 

 things every summer was to watch my uncle smoke his 

 bees. He had ten hives and he thought he ought to 



PREPARING TO ROB THE BEES 



have some honey. But the bees wanted it themselves, 

 and for this reason they were ready to sting him when- 

 ever he came to get it, even as your father would 

 shoot any burglar who came to rob him. 



